Tag: Artificial Intelligence

‘For Google, this would be a shot across the bow at Microsoft and Amazon, making a major bet on the cybersecurity space to complement its flagship GCP offering in the cloud,’ says Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives. Here are five key things to know about Google’s potential $23 billion bid for red-hot security startup Wiz.…

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As part of the annual Tech Innovator Awards evaluation process CRN selects a number of the applicants as finalists. Here’s a look at the innovative products that have made the first round of the judging. Innovation Surge The wave of development around artificial intelligence and generative AI in the last two years has shaken up…

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From the shocking exit of CEO Adam Selipsky to pouring tens of billions of dollars into cloud infrastructure to fuel its AI future, news stories coming out of the world’s largest cloud computing company have been non-stop in 2024. Amazon Web Services also hit some significant milestones in 2024 that grabbed the IT world’s attention,…

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The new release of the Alluxio Enterprise AI data orchestration platform makes it easier to use GPU-based systems for training and operating AI applications and to provision AI/ML systems with data at HPC levels. Alluxio has launched a new release of its data management platform for AI tasks that can better utilize high-performance GPU systems,…

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For the week ending July 12, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including AMD, K3 Technology, Microsoft, Orca Security and Nasuni. The Week Ending July 12 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is chip designer AMD for a strategic acquisition in the AI technology space.…

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Here’s a look at 10 open-source software tools – many for building AI applications or managing huge volumes of data – that are either already widely used or are gaining in popularity. A Software Free-For-All Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and…

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‘Everyone wants to get off of VMware and get into the cloud,’ Microsoft Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff says. Microsoft’s new fiscal year has kicked off with hundreds of millions of dollars in partner incentives around security, Copilot and more – and one Microsoft executive took time to thank virtualization and desktop-as-a-service rival VMware for…

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‘Microsoft achieves reach, scale and success because of you,’ says Nicole Dezen, Microsoft chief partner officer. Microsoft plans more than $150 million in pre-sales and post-sales investments for its Azure Innovate offering, an incremental $90 million “to accelerate security growth” with partners and a tenfold increase to its Copilot partner investment as part of a…

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K3 Technology is rapidly evolving with the adoption of AI and is doing ‘almost everything’ differently than two years ago, Kelly Kercher, founder and CEO of K3, tells CRN. K3 Technology has acquired Dallas-based MSP OG2 Network Services, creating more opportunities for it to expand in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Kelly Kercher, founder and CEO…

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Google reportedly has walked away from a potentially massive deal to buy CRM provider HubSpot, a merger that would have helped Google Cloud. Google reportedly has abandoned its plans to acquire CRM specialist HubSpot, axing a potential deal that would have been worth billions and aided Google Cloud. HubSpot generated over $2 billion in revenue…

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